Monday, 6 October 2008

Clayheads 10-Question Quiz (16th September 2008)

1. What name is given to the fused clavicle bone found in birds which is shaped like the letter ‘Y’?

2. The upmarket store Smythson, located on Bond Street, London, mainly specialises in what?

3. Referring to the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in Italy, which footballer once said: "It was like being in a foreign country"?

4. What was the rather unusual first name of Gene Autry?

5. What technical term is used to describe the swelling of the lymph nodes?

6. Which song is forever associated with Laurel and Hardy after they sung it in the 1937 film ‘Way Out West’?

7. Which 1972 novel by R.F. Delderfield was later turned into a BBC mini-series?

8. Now owned by United Brands, which biscuit-maker produces Jaffa Cakes?

9. What was the permanently coupled rear part of a large steam locomotive, which carried its coal and water?

10. What was the name of the comic strip character Andy Capp's best friend?

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1. WISHBONE (or Furcula)
2. STATIONRY (accept leather goods, diaries)
3. IAN RUSH
4. ORVON
5. BUBONIC (accept Bubo)
6. THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE
7. TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS
8. MCVITIES
9. TENDER
10. CHALKIE (WHITE)

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